What rocket kit is this and did anyone have/fly one?

What rocket kit is this and did anyone have/build/fly one?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-St...001133217?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item35c8bd90a1

Never mind, I found it. Looks cool.

I believe Apogee made a series of videos on how to make something like this. Look up Apogee's channel on YouTube you might find them.

dlazarus6660 said:

What rocket kit is this and did anyone have/build/fly one?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-St...001133217?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item35c8bd90a1

Never mind, I found it. Looks cool.

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YA??? You gona SHARE what you found??????

All I'm gonna say is 1) get it out of the tube and 2) keep it from melting during ejection. There was a plethora of Rogallo wings back in the day. Some were extremely competitive.

I had it, along with all the rest of the Roto Rocket offerings. In retrospect, they were not the best quality.

If you want to build a Rogallo wing glider (AKA "flexwing") I recommend you look up information from George Gassaway. He came up with some simple techniques for building outstanding "flexies".

I have one along with their other kit, the Roto-roc or some such. They are both still sitting in the bags.

Scotty,

Here!

https://www.oldrocketplans.com/roto.htm

Daniel

Never had a kit from anyone but have always Scratch built Flex-wing gliders and boosters for 70-90's NAR competitions. I believe QCR still offers a flex-wing kit for 13 or 18mm motors if your interested.

Many of us Older competition Flyers are still flying Flex-Wing Gliders today. They are really fun to build but a bear to recover. I've been flying Micro Flex-wings away with times over 5 minutes but just can't catch-up with the little buggers to claim the National Record.
6, 8 10 12 and 16 inch Flex-wings are common flying with 13mm, 18mm and 24mm motors.
a few pics that may help PM me if you need more info.

a flexi, made mine from apogee video. only part I had problems with was the cord that holds the steamer. ejection keeps breaking the line. to short I guess.

fyrwrxz said:

All I'm gonna say is 1) get it out of the tube and 2) keep it from melting during ejection.

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That's what SHE said....

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